Mausoleum construction.



s. LOVELL..

MAusoLEuM CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION `FILED MAYI, 1'917.

1,244,109; Patented oet. 23,1917.

' @E saars rar -sIDNEar LovELL, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MAUSCLEUM CONSTRUCTION.

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Applicationiled May 16, 1917. Serial No. 168,941.

'To @IMMO/m #may concern:

4"B'eit known that I, 'SIDNEY-LOVELL, a citizenf'ofthefUnited -States,residing'at Chi- Icago, vin 1the 'county of Cook :and State of'-Illinois, have invented a certain 'new and useful `Improvement inMausoleum Gonl-structions, of which the following is a full, clear,concise, and exact description, ref-- erencebeing had tothe-accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification.

My `invention relates to mausoleum cons'tructions, and especially fto asystem for is a vertical section of a mausoleum "conl struction andVentilating system therefor embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion of the same;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a detail of construction.

In the arrangement shown for carrying out the invention a mausoleumstructure 1 is shown, the same having a floor 2 and an entry door 3. A.series of vaults or crypts 4. are shown arranged one above the other,although of course the same may be arranged in various ways. In theuppermost vault 4 is shown a coffin 5.

The invention relates more especially to the arrangement by which thesevaults or crypts can be ventilated, preferably by a continuous currentof air circulating through the same. To such end I show the rear ends ofthe vaults provided with apertures in which are placed or fitted tubularmembers 6 and 7. These members 6 and 7 are substantially alike exceptthat they are in upside-down or reversed positions with reference to oneanother. Each member as best shown in Fig. 4, comprises a tubular orboxlike structure or casing conveniently of rectangular cross section,although of course this may be varied. In the member 7 shown in Fig.r 4the top 7a is provided with a re- -cesser cutaway `'portion 8 andthebottom 7B with a'p'rojecting-member oir tongue'r9.v In the case of themember 6 the reverseisltrue, the top being provided j-with the tongue 9yand Vthe bottom with the recess 8. These members 6- and 7 are'usedinconnection with andaregtted toapipe 10 which isextended vertically intherear wall-of the mausoleum in the rear fof the lvaults 4. A member 6 ispreferably -used at the bottom of `each vault `in which case the tongue9r projects into the pipe 10 and contacts with the rear wall of ythevvsame, lthereby 1 closing said ypipe against vupward Lmovement orcirculation fof air therein, and consequently defleeting said pipelaterally and in'tofa'nd through the vmember'f'into the interior of the"vault 4. Similarly a member -7 `islitt'ed in position so that itstongu`e9 also closes the pipe 10 'againstmovement 'or circula-Specification of Letters Patent. .Patngdct 23, v

tion of air or the like, except in anupward direction, in each case therecessed portion 8 fitting 'snugly 'to the 'pipe `l() and tmaking `anairtight joint therewith. To accommodate the members 6 and 7 the pipey 10is preferably provided with laterally extending ears 11 which litclosely against the outer vertical side walls of said members 6 and 7 asbest shown in Figs. 2 and 8. Bolts 12 may be extended through the sidemembers 11 and also through `the ends of the members 6 and '.7between-the same, so as to form a tight and firm connection between themembers 6 and 7 and the pipe 10. Thus it will be seen that air or otherfluid passing into one end of the pipe 10 will be circulated through thevaults 4 into and out of one vault, and thence into and through the pipe10 to the next vault, and into and out of that, and so on through theseries. A coperating pipe 14 is provided, preferably in the rear of thepipe 10, and these two pipes 10 and 14 are conveniently led to thebasement 15 or other convenient place, where suitable apparatus isprovided for inducing a circulation through the series of vaults. As aconvenient arrangement I show an electric motor 16 driving a fan orblower 17 which latter is connected with the pipe 14 by means of aninlet pipe 18, the blower 17 being preferably such as to force airthrough the pipe 18 and into the pipe 14 and from the latter downwardlythrough the vaults 4 in a downward direction, entering each vault at thetop and circulating through the same and leaving it at the bottom. Anantiseptic tank 20 is also shown connected with the pipe 10 by aconnecting pipe 21 having a valve 22. ln this way the air coming fromthe vaults passes through the antiseptic tank and is puried before beingdelivered into the outer air or back again into the blower 17, as thecase may be. Y

lt will be understood that changes and modiications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

l/Vhat claim is:

l. rEhe combination with the vaults or crypts of a mausoleum, of acirculation pipe and tubular members extending between lsaid circulationpipe and the. interior of said vaults or crypts, said tubular membersbeing provided with means for stopping the circulation of air in saidpipe and directing it into and ont of said vaults or crypts.

2. The combination with the vaults or crypts of a mausoleum, of acirculation pipe and tubular members extending between said circulationpipe and said vaults or crypts, said tubular members being provided withprojections extending crosswise of said circulation pipe to stop thecurrent of air therein and deflect the same into the vaults or crypts.

edges of said apertures, of tubular members tted to said circulationpipe at said apertures, said tubular members having projectionsextending into and across said circulation pipe and fitting the interiorwall of the same, said members also having cutaway portions adapted toit the shape of.

said pipe, said tubular members fitting and being secured between theside lugs on said pipe, whereby circulation in said pipe is stopped anddeflected outwardly through said tubular members.

ln witness whereof, l hereunto subscribe my name this 26th day of May A.D., 1916.

SDNEY LOVELL. Vitnesses A. L. JONES, HAZEL A. JONES.

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Washington, D. C.

